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Orasker Leftwich 1914 - 2007

Orasker R Leftwich of Bedford, Bedford City County, VA was born on December 25, 1914, and died at age 92 years old on January 6, 2007.
Orasker R Leftwich
Bedford, Bedford City County, VA 24523
December 25, 1914
January 6, 2007
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  • 12/25
    1914

    Birthday

    December 25, 1914
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Arlington County, Virginia United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 33868407 Enlisted: May 9, 1945 in Richmond Virginia Military branch: No Branch Assignment Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Unskilled Occupations In Production Of Ferrous And Nonferrous Metals, N.e.c.
  • 01/6
    2007

    Death

    January 6, 2007
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1914, in the year that Orasker Leftwich was born, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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In 1924, by the time this person was only 10 years old, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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